Preamble
We, the people of the
Article I, section
3
All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship
Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of
right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship or to
maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case
whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience, and no preference
shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Article I, section
4
No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future
state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments,
be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this
Commonwealth.
Article III, section
15
No money raised for the support of the public schools of
the Commonwealth shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any
sectarian school.
Article VIII, section
2. Exemptions and special
provisions.
(a) The General Assembly may by law exempt from taxation:
(i) Actual places of regularly
states religious worship . . . .
(ii) Actual places of burial, when used or held by a person
or organization deriving no private or corporate profit therefrom and no substantial part of whose activity consists
of selling personal property in connection therewith;
(iii) That portion of public property which is actually and
regularly used for public purposes;
(iv) That portion of the property owned and occupied by any
branch, post or camp of honorably discharged servicemen or servicewomen which is
actually and regularly used for benevolent, charitable or patriotic purposes;
and
(v) Institutions of purely public charity, but in the case
of any real property tax exemptions only that portion of real property of such
institution which is actually and regularly used for the purposes of the
institution.